Today in the history of technology
In June 2012, F Tuan and Gaopeng announced their official merger. After the merger, the two parties reorganized into a new e-commerce company focusing on local life services, i.e., Wulu Tianxia. Original shareholders such as Tencent, Groupon and Yunfeng Fund participated in the establishment of the new company as strategic investors and continued to become shareholders of the new company. It can be seen from Lin Ning's appointment as CEO that the new company is led by the original F team members.
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Jun and Hu Zhe "The Boiling New Decade"
Today's headlines
HEADLINE NEWS
Jack Ma's private meeting: The next opportunity is for Taobao, not Tmall, and Alibaba e-commerce should "return to Taobao"
According to reports, in late May, Alibaba founder Jack Ma convened the business leaders of Taotian Group and held a small-scale communication meeting. Jack Ma judged that the next opportunity is Taobao rather than Tmall, and Alibaba e-commerce should "return to Taobao." Jack Ma said at the meeting that the methodologies that Alibaba relied on for success in the past may no longer be applicable and should be changed quickly. He pointed out three directions for Taotian Group: returning to Taobao, returning to users, and returning to the Internet. In addition, Jack Ma believes that Taotian’s organization should be further flattened.
According to multiple Alibaba employees, Jack Ma believes that the current competitive situation faced by Taotian Group is very severe. He cited Nokia and Kodak as examples and believed that half a year to one year is enough for a company to go from industry benchmark to death. In the Internet industry, this speed may be will be faster.
(LatePost later)
Domestic information
DOMESTIC NEWS
Zhang Yong may step down as chairman of the board of directors and CEO of Alibaba Group
According to news on June 19, on May 18, with the release of the list of board members of the six major business groups in Alibaba’s quarterly report, the corporate governance structure of Alibaba 1+6+N after the split gradually became clear. Under the new structure, Alibaba Group, as a holding company, holds six major business groups and other business companies. The six major business groups are independently operated by their respective CEOs and boards of directors (or equivalent management bodies). In the eyes of the outside world, this is a comprehensive letting go from business to management by Zhang Yong, the top manager of Alibaba Group.
However, the changes are not over yet. It is reported that Zhang Yong may step down as chairman and CEO of Alibaba Group and will focus on the business development of Alibaba Cloud in the future. Alibaba Cloud is the most completely separated business segment of Alibaba, with Zhang Yong serving as chairman and CEO. According to the plan, Alibaba Cloud aims to complete its spin-off and listing in the next 12 months. Zhang Yong’s successor is currently unknown.
Several Alibaba employees said that they have not received relevant news for the time being, and some Alibaba management personnel responded that the above-mentioned news is "90% true."
(Sina)
Kia executive made arrogant words: Wait until the Chinese car companies are "burned to death" before we come to deal with you
Recently, at the 15th China Automobile Blue Book Forum, Kia China Chief Operating Officer (COO) Yang Honghai attended and gave a speech. When talking about Kia's development in the Chinese market, Yang Honghai said that the joint venture car companies' technology accumulation, talent accumulation, and global experience, including global profits, are far greater than those of local car companies. "I made 2.1 billion US dollars globally in the first quarter of this year, which is affordable for the Chinese market. Do your local companies have the financial strength to compete? You burn it to death first, and I can come in later to seize the market." He said bluntly, "Let the enemy try to hurt you first. I have money and technology in my pocket. I have not given up on this market. It is also a strategy to come in and deal with you at the right time." (Electric Zhijia)
Kuaishou Vice President of Commercialization Wang Lizhi resigned, and three heads of the commercialization department left in the first half of the year
It is understood that Wang Lizhi, vice president of commercialization of Kuaishou, has resigned recently. Before resigning, Wang Lizhi served as the head of the apparel operation center. Kuaishou has yet to respond to the above news. Not long ago, Feng Fan and Liu Liangwei, the two business leaders of Kuaishou’s commercialization, resigned one after another. Counting Wang Lizhi who resigned this time, three heads of Kuaishou’s commercialization department are known to have resigned in the first half of this year. (Tech Planet)
The team of Tencent's group buying tool "Exiangtuan" has been adjusted and the product has been removed from the shelves in the near future.
It is understood that Tencent's group buying tool "Exiangtuan" has been removed from the shelves and shut down recently, and the relevant teams have also made adjustments. Currently, the Exiangtuan Mini Program shows that the service will cease on May 31. It is reported that this product is aimed at small and micro merchants and is a service tool to improve transaction efficiency and private domain operations for WeChat private domain transaction scenarios. The overall experience is similar to Pinduoduo’s Kuai Tuan Tuan, where the group leader sets up the store and then sells the goods.
Although Exiangtuan has been removed from the shelves and shut down, Tencent’s other business “video account” has recently made some moves in live streaming and local life business. It is not ruled out that Tencent will explore new group buying business based on video account. (Tech Planet)
Douyin Pay’s new official website is unveiled, adding multiple payment usage scenarios
Recently
, the official Douyin payment website has been replaced with a brand new page, which has been dominated by Hezhong Yibao before. The slogan is "Better life, pay with Douyin". From the official website of Douyin Payment, we learned that the usage scenarios covered by Douyin Payment include not only payment scenarios for e-commerce businesses, but also "red envelope socialization (private message red envelopes, group red envelopes)", "overseas shopping (RMB payment, merchant cross-border settlement)" )", "Live broadcast to grab goods (no password for small amounts, fast payment)", etc.
The Douyin payment function was officially launched in the Douyin APP on January 19, 2021. In the past few years, many Internet companies have been involved in the payment business, but they have not been able to shake the dominance of Ant Group's Alipay and Tencent's WeChat Pay. It is worth noting that not long ago, there was news that Douyin planned to acquire a payment company for 1 billion yuan. Related people from Douyin Group responded on May 31 that the news was untrue and that it was only preliminary contact at present. (Tech Planet)
Google joins forces with MediaTek to build AI chips? MediaTek denies: Wrong reports, misleading investors
On June 19, MediaTek issued a clarification announcement stating that the Taiwan Economic Daily’s relevant reports were incorrect reports based on market rumors without comprehensive verification, which had a huge impact on the rights and interests of the company and investors. MediaTek said that the newspaper repeatedly quoted market rumors without accurate verification to write reports, misleading investors and the public, and seriously affecting the normal operation of the company. Earlier on the 19th, Taiwan Economic Daily quoted sources as reporting that Google plans to join hands with MediaTek to build the latest AI server chip, which will be produced using TSMC’s 5nm process and strive for mass production early next year. If the rumors are true, this also means that MediaTek has officially entered the popular AI server-related chip field. (surging)
Li Xiang calls his Weibo an ideal Mind GPT large model generation: good at attacking people online
According to news on June 19, in recent times, Li Xiang, CEO of Li Auto, has become extremely "Internet addicted" and surfs intensively on Weibo to express his own opinions.
Li Xiang, CEO of Li Auto, recently posted on his personal Weibo that the daily sales volume of a single Li Auto L7 model exceeded 1,000 units for the first time, praising "this is a historic moment" and "the team is so awesome." However, Li Xiang later changed the topic and said in reply to netizen comments, "I was really determined to kill the Ideal L7 car series in September last year." The reason why Li Xiang finally decided to retain Ideal L7 was because many senior managers firmly opposed Li Xiang's judgment and "joined forces to defeat me."
In addition, after netizens complained about "Ideal Plagiarism" Li Xiang replied to netizens that "even the wheel was invented by your family", Li Xiang posted on the afternoon of the 19th that "all his Weibo posts are posted by AI." Regarding Li Xiang's humor, some netizens joked: "First of all, this is a disclaimer, right?" "Mr. Li has mastered the essence of social media."
Experts say young people cannot support the car market: Only middle-aged and elderly people have enough ability to drive the market
Recently, Cui Dongshu, secretary-general of the Passenger Car Association, appeared at the 15th China Automobile Blue Book Forum and delivered a speech at the meeting that aroused heated discussion among netizens.
Cui Dongshu said that the young people of Generation Z cannot support China's auto market. "Don't count on young people, you must count on us middle-aged and elderly people."
He believes that middle-aged and elderly people already have a lot of wealth, while young people are under greater pressure.
He even gave an example that the current generation of middle-aged and elderly people have more abundant wealth, especially the houses bought at the price of 1-2,000 yuan in the past can now exceed 30,000 yuan, or even exceed 100,000 yuan, which is not the same as the consumption of today's young people. a concept.
Cui Dongshu also asked, "Can Generation Z people go to Beijing and Shanghai to work hard and afford a house?"
Therefore, he believes that young people in Generation Z are not very capable of buying cars. (Quick Technology)
Douyin sues Baidu for commercial defamation
Recently, a new hearing announcement has been made in the commercial defamation dispute case between Beijing Weibo Vision Technology Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Toutiao Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Baidu Netcom Technology Co., Ltd. The defendant is Beijing Baidu Netcom Technology Co., Ltd., and the case will be held on June 26 The hearing was held at the Hangzhou Railway Transport Court. (ifeng.com Technology)
China Literature CEO Hou Xiaonan issued an internal letter: Embrace AI and increase IP, and set up four major business divisions
Hou Xiaonan, CEO of China Literature Group, issued an internal letter to all employees to launch a new round of organizational upgrades, and stated that the company’s mid- to long-term business blueprint is to upgrade AIGC to empower original multi-modal and multi-category content platforms and build a new IP upstream and downstream integrated ecosystem. system. Focusing on this goal, China Literature Group will establish "four major business divisions", namely the content ecological platform business unit, the film and television business unit, the intelligence and platform research and development business unit, and the enterprise development business unit. Hou Xiaonan said that the core of this upgrade is to actively embrace the wave of new technologies represented by AIGC and promote the efficiency and growth of IP incubation and ecological chains. (36 krypton)
SAIC Group: Plans to invest 6 billion in SAIC Xinju Venture Capital Partnership
On June 19, SAIC Group announced that the company and its subsidiary SAIC Financial Holdings plan to jointly invest in Shanghai SAIC Xinju Venture Capital Partnership (Limited Partnership) with Hengxu Capital and Shangqi Capital, with a total subscribed capital contribution of 6.012 billion yuan, of which The company subscribed to invest 6 billion yuan and holds 99.8% of the share; SAIC Financial Holdings subscribed to invest 10 million yuan and holds 0.166% of the share. This investment mainly promotes deep cross-industry integration through a professional investment management team, improves the ecological layout of the chip industry, and accelerates the localization of automotive chips. (China Automobile News)
Li Shufu responded that making mobile phones was looked down upon
Recently, Bosch China President Chen Yudong said at the 15th China Automotive Blue Book Forum that manufacturing mobile phones is a dead-end approach for car manufacturers, but it is still possible for mobile phone manufacturers to enter the automotive industry. In response, Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Holding Group, responded that Geely is engaged in mobile phones, and you (Xingji Meizu Chairman Shen Ziyu) can also engage in cars. In July 2022, Geely officially acquired Meizu and entered the mobile phone industry. (China News Network)
Huawei established Jimu Robot Company in Dongguan with a registered capital of 870 million yuan
Recently, Dongguan Jimu Machinery Co., Ltd. was established. The legal representative and chairman is Li Jianguo, with a registered capital of 870 million yuan. Its business scope includes electronic component manufacturing, engineering and technology research, goods import and export, technology import and export, technology exchange, technology transfer, experimental development, etc. Shareholder information shows that the company is wholly owned by Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (CNMO)
Microsoft Research Asia denies leaving China, but confirms some AI scientists will move to Vancouver
In response to news that top AI scientists from Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA), a research institution under Microsoft Corporation, have moved from China to Vancouver, on the morning of June 19, Microsoft Research Asia responded that Microsoft will establish a new laboratory in Vancouver, Canada. , confirmed that Microsoft’s AI research experts in China will be included in the new laboratory. Meanwhile, MSRA had earlier denied that it was withdrawing from China. (IT Home)
international information
FOREIGN NEWS
The U.S. Secretary of Transportation claims to weaken China’s electric vehicle battery advantage. U.S. media: I’m afraid it will be difficult
According to foreign media reports on the 18th, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg once again cited China’s advantages in the field of electric vehicles on the 18th. He claimed that the United States must take measures to weaken China’s advantages in electric vehicle batteries, and claimed that obtaining key The ability to refine materials is a "problem that can be solved." However, foreign media bluntly stated in reports that economies of scale in China’s electric vehicle battery market make it almost impossible for U.S. and European automakers to match Chinese competitors in terms of efficiency.
According to reports, Buttigieg made the above remarks in an interview on the 18th, when he was attending a meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) transportation ministers in Japan. "The refining capacity of many key materials for electric vehicle battery components is mainly concentrated in China," he said. The United States must ensure that in an "economically sound, environmentally sound and geopolitically stable" way, access to these materials will only be important in the economy. A key material element that is becoming more and more important. (overseas network)
Is buying a first-tier luxury car for hundreds of thousands a thing of the past? BBA collectively abandons low-end cars
According to news on June 19, in the past two years, the three major BBA luxury car manufacturers have announced that they will cancel the low-end models of their brands. Mercedes-Benz A-Class, BMW 1 Series, and Audi A1 have all been placed on the removal list. Recently, news broke that BMW will discontinue production of its two domestic entry-level sedans, the 1 Series and X2, in July and September this year respectively. Among them, the domestically produced BMW 1 Series will be completely out of print after the discontinuation of production, while the X2 will usher in a new generation and cancel domestic production. In other words, as the last batch of inventory is cleared, the era of buying a BMW for hundreds of thousands will be gone forever.
After entering the new energy era, due to the structural differences between electric cars and gasoline cars, it is difficult for BBA to maintain its past advantages in car manufacturing. BBA's decision to cut off entry-level models in advance is likely to be a plan to raise the bar again in the future. (ZAKER)
Microsoft admits it was hit by hacker DDoS attack for a week in early June
In early June, Microsoft's flagship office suite and cloud computing platform experienced several serious service outages. A mysterious hacker group claimed responsibility, saying it sent spam traffic to these websites through DDoS attacks. Microsoft was initially reluctant to reveal the cause of the outage. Now Microsoft has revealed that the DDoS attack by this mysterious hacker group is indeed the culprit. (Tencent Technology)
Jia Yueting’s car has been delayed again, and he still needs to raise US$300 million
Jia Yueting’s FF 91 bounced again. Faraday Future has postponed the "second phase delivery" of the FF 91 from the end of the second quarter to the end of August. Unsurprisingly, while bouncing the ticket, Faraday Future once again launched a new financing plan, as well as a "reverse stock split" capital operation aimed at protecting its listing status, to support the company's financing of US$300 million (approximately RMB 2.14 billion) to accelerate the ramp-up of FF 91 2.0 production capacity.
After the news was disclosed, Faraday Future's U.S. stocks, which had risen 12.5% last Friday, plummeted more than 37% after the market closed. Just a few days ago, on June 15, at the 15th China Automotive Blue Book Forum, Jia Yueting "appeared" in China as FF's founder and chief product and user operations officer to "share entrepreneurial experience." (every classic, surging)
Former Apple creative chief Paul Nixon joins Japanese glasses maker JINS to develop smart wearables
According to foreign media reports on June 19, former Apple creative director Paul Nixon has recently joined Japanese eyewear manufacturer JINS as global chief creative officer. According to reports, Paul once served as a creative director and human-computer interface designer at Apple, leading the design of promotional pages for multiple Apple products. The report pointed out that Paul also served as the lead software designer on the product design team at Apple, helping to define and design many features and functions of the Apple Watch. He resigned from Apple in November 2022. (IT Home)
Hackers threaten to leak 80GB of data stolen from Reddit
BlackCat, a ransomware group, claims to have hacked into Reddit and stolen 80GB of compressed data. BlackCat said the intrusion occurred on February 5 this year, and it sent two extortion emails to Reddit, one on April 13 and one on June 16, demanding that Reddit pay a ransom of $4.5 million in exchange for secretly deleting data. BlackCat said it would ask Reddit to withdraw the API price change in addition to the $4.5 million if it had to go public with the ransom demand. Apparently Reddit is unlikely to agree to their request. BlackCat says it plans to make the data it stole public. (Sohu)
Microsoft Xbox gives "reassurance": Acquisition of Activision Blizzard will not cause XGP price increase
According to news on June 19, according to documents submitted to the court by Microsoft recently, the price of the Xbox Game Pass service will not change after the acquisition of Activision Blizzard is completed. In addition, in the document submitted this time, it was also written: "The acquisition will bring benefits to consumers, because "Call of Duty" will be playable on Microsoft Game Pass on the day it is released on the console (and based on the acquisition, it will not will increase the price of the service) and can also be played on Nintendo and other platforms that support cloud gaming.”
At the same time, the document also revealed that after the acquisition is completed, Activision Blizzard will remain independent and retain its brand, culture and creative freedom. However, it should be noted that "XGP will not increase in price after the acquisition of Activision Blizzard" does not mean that the price of XGP service will never increase. (Sina Finance)
A US security company discovered a malicious application imitating ChatGPT and reminded users that there is no official Android client.
According to news on June 19, the US network security company Palo Alto Networks warned that the company had discovered a malicious Android application that imitated ChatGPT. At the same time, the company reminded that as of June 19, the official application of ChatGPT is only available for iPhone, and there is no Android client.
So far, two types of malware have been confirmed in Palo Alto. The first is a Trojan disguised as a "SuperGPT" application, and the second is malware disguised as a "ChatGPT" application and charges fraudulent fees by sending text messages to Thai phone numbers. The company has reported these malicious apps to Google and Google Play will soon block them. (IT Home)
Will 10 billion euros in subsidies be available soon? Germany to sign deal with Intel
Germany and Intel Corp are close to reaching an agreement, with the German government agreeing to provide Intel with 10 billion euros ($10.9 billion) for a semiconductor manufacturing plant in the country, media reported on Monday (June 19), citing people familiar with the matter. ) subsidies. The German government noted in an emailed statement on Monday that Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger will attend the agreement in Berlin at 2:45 p.m. Berlin time (8:45 Beijing time) signing ceremony. The statement did not disclose details of the agreement, except that it will be signed by Joerg Kukies, Scholz's senior economic adviser, and Keyvan Esfarjani, Intel's executive vice president, chief global operating officer and general manager of manufacturing, supply chain and operations. (Sina Finance)
British media: U.S. Wall Street expects to lay off more than 10,000 people this year
According to British media reports, several large Wall Street banks in the United States will lay off more than 11,000 people this year. Recently, Citibank stated that by the end of the second quarter, the bank plans to lay off about 5,000 people, mainly in the investment banking and trading departments. The number of employees at Goldman Sachs Group in the United States decreased by 6.4% in the first quarter of this year, with the level of layoffs reaching a multi-year high.
Before the U.S. Federal Reserve raised interest rates in a row, mergers and acquisitions and transactions in the U.S. market were active, prompting major Wall Street banks to recruit a large number of people. At the end of the first quarter of this year, the five largest banks on Wall Street had a total of 882,000 global employees, an increase of more than 100,000 compared with the same period in 2020. However, as the Federal Reserve begins the process of raising interest rates, merger and acquisition activities have slowed down. Relevant data shows that global investment banking revenue has decreased by approximately 16% so far this year. (Jiweiwang)
Drone company Daotong Intelligence was sued by PAE for patent infringement in the United States
Recently, a U.S. company called WildCat Licensing LLC filed a lawsuit in the District Court for the Western District of Texas, accusing China's Daotong Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd. Machine-related U.S. patents. These patents involve technologies such as UAV obstacle avoidance algorithms, navigation systems, digital telemetry and digital cameras. The plaintiff requested the court to order the defendant to stop the infringement and compensate for losses and attorney fees.
It is worth noting that this is not the first patent lawsuit that Daotong Intelligence has faced in the United States. As early as 2015, Datong Intelligence launched a fierce patent war in the United States with Chinese drone giant DJI. The two parties accused each other of infringing on their appearance patents, utility model patents and invention patents, and filed a Section 337 investigation request with the U.S. International Trade Commission in an attempt to prohibit the other party from selling infringing products in the U.S. market. After six years of dispute, the two parties
reached a settlement agreement in August 2021. (Jiweiwang)
Meta lost a third of its AI researchers last year
According to media reports, Meta has lost at least one-third of its researchers who have published AI research results last year due to burnout or lack of confidence in the company and the belief that Meta cannot keep up with competitors. In response, a Meta spokesperson said that the company has continued to recruit and introduce new AI talents. (Wall Street Journal)
OpenAI Insider: ChatGPT’s fate changed 5 days after launch
According to overseas media disclosures, OpenAI Chief Technology Officer Mira Murati said that initially ChatGPT was only released by OpenAI as a research demonstration project, but then ChatGPT reached 1 million users within 5 days of its release, and this plan changed dramatically. The company realizes that OpenAI will be at the forefront of the race to commercialize generative AI. Murati said that his expectations for the growth of ChatGPT users are at least an order of magnitude behind. (Financial Times)
BMW i5 "art car" unveiled: Cooperating with Nvidia AI, the body is the canvas
According to news on June 19, BMW recently exhibited a number of BMW i5 "art cars" at the 2023 Art Basel Show. The biggest feature of this batch of models is that the car body serves as a dynamic canvas on which a series of abstract paintings generated by AI are projected, which the official calls the "ultimate AI masterpiece."
This exhibition is called "The Electric AI Canvas (Electronic AI Canvas)". Through the cooperation of Goodby Silverstein & Partners technical director Nathan Shipley and ArtDrunk founder Gary Yeh, combined with BMW's model trained on a curated data set of contemporary artists' works, a model developed Customized AI generated animations. It is understood that the training scope of this model is more than 50,000 pictures from 9,000 years of art history, and then the AI generates new AI animations based on classical and contemporary art styles. According to Shipley and Yeh, when dealing with the role of AI in works of art, they will focus on its ability to support and extend the style of artists, rather than "replace" these artists. (IT Home)
Removable mobile phone batteries are coming back: the pros outweigh the cons
Recently, the European Parliament passed the agreement on the "New Battery Law" with 587 votes in favor and 9 votes against.
The most noteworthy point in the new battery law agreement is that for electronic products, the batteries in all consumer electronic products should be disassembled and replaced by users, including the mobile phones we use most every day. In other words , the matter of removable mobile phone batteries may return in Europe. (Quick Technology)
Japanese developers launch a plug-in to translate web pages into "cat language": suitable for those who are tired of information, with more than 10 million views in three days
According to news on June 19, a Japanese developer with great imagination recently released a Chrome extension "People Translate". Although the name is "Human Translate", the plug-in supports translating web pages into "cat language" , and its original intention of development was to free people from the constraints of the information society.
To put it simply, when the user installs and activates this plug-in, most of the information on the web page will be presented in various weird styles. In addition to the "cat language" composed of Japanese emojis related to cat meows, it also contains a large number of w The "borderline otaku body" of Wakusa (which means "laugh" in Japanese Internet). (IT Home)
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